{"id":22525,"date":"2024-03-17T18:02:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T18:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/its-strange-jenas-reacts-as-arsenal-star-snubs-england-call-up\/"},"modified":"2024-03-17T18:02:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T18:02:39","slug":"its-strange-jenas-reacts-as-arsenal-star-snubs-england-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/its-strange-jenas-reacts-as-arsenal-star-snubs-england-call-up\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s strange\u2019 \u2013 Jenas reacts as Arsenal star snubs England call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, Jermaine Jenas has described Arsenal defender, Ben White\u2019s decision to snub an England call-up as \u2018strange\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Jenas also insisted that White \u2018has to decide what is best for his career and no one else\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>England manager Gareth Southgate recently named his Three Lions squad for their friendlies against Brazil and Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Southgate then revealed that White had asked not to be considered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is strange,\u201d Jenas told Mail Sport in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think not everybody\u2019s patriotic, and I think we have to accept that. I think Ben has his own reasons why he feels it\u2019s best for him to not be selected for England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all we know, him not being selected with England has such a positive impact on his club career, and he wants to focus on that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everybody\u2019s the same in football. We like to kind of pigeonhole players like, \u201cyou have got to fight for your country\u201d. It might be a footballing reason. 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